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.JCHE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAlW), : THURSDAY, i MAY;;i8,ri916: WASCO COUNTYVflLL VOTE ON BOND ISSUE Suspect denies that h killed mrs. jennings FOR GOOD HIGHWAYS Favorable Action Last Night at Enthusiastic Mass Meet ing at The Dalles, -Ths Dalles. Or., May 18-t-At a mass meeting; of Wasco county citizens held At the court house last night. It was unanimously voted to call a special election for the purpose of voting on a bond Issue of t 260.000 to be used In building roads in Wasco county. I Petitions will be circulated at once ' and the election will be held as soon I as' possible. It Is planned to spend 1 $126,000 in the north end of the county from Mosier to a point five miles east of The Dalles. This road t111 serve as the Wasco county part of th Columbia river highway. The rest of the bond money would be spent from this city south to the Jefferson county line, through Dufur. Tygh Val ley, Maupln, Shaniko and Antelope. The meeting was the most enthusi astic ever held here anent roads, and general sentiment throughout the county seems to assure the bond is sue pawing by a large majority. W . ','., 'A"' J'? r''v''V''v;r;vvyi m V yys,S',;,, f ' - ?t i II WOMAN SAYS SHE SAW AUTO STOP ON BRIDGE (Omitloued From Pite One) noon drag the river for Klstman's body. Up until this morning the officers were Inclined to believe that tho mur derer killed Ristman on the ro.ul from .Portland and disposed of the budy in the Tualatin river near Sherwood, which Is about four miles' west of Tualatin. They clung to (he theory that the murderer drove the machine after killing Ristman, and took tho roundabout way to the Jennlng.1 home, KOlnjr eastward from Sherwood to the scene, instead of going through Tuala tin and westward to the place. .This '"s based on the discovery of Rlstman'u Panama hat, a piece of his shirt sleeve and a part of hln automo bile lap rohe about 300 yards west ward from the Jennings home. 'Theories Are AdTanced. They believed that the murderer noticed the hat, shirt sleeve and bloody lap robe In the machine upon Hearing the Jennings home, and that he feared Mrs. Jennings, if she came out of the house, might see them: that he slopped in the road and carried the hat, sleeve and robe to a clump of bushes along side the road, and there hid then., was the theory of the officers. They found that the bloody spot on the outside of the machine had been covered with dust and that the foot mat In the bottom of the machine )iad been turned over to conceal blood on the floor of the car. With Mrs. Oalbreath's story, how ever, the theory is now advanced that the murderer drove through Tualatin, thence westward to the Jennings home, throwing the body into the river before he reached Ihe town of Tuala tin; that after he killed Mrs. Jennings he tiled to start the automobile and, enable to do so, took the hat, sleeve and rohe which could easily be ldentl fled as Rlstman's and threw them Into the bushes on his way towrfrd Sher wood. Mrs. Galbreatn Recalls Incident. Mrs. tjalhreath told her story to Bhrlff Ilurlburt and Deputy Sheriffs Beckraan and Phillips this morning She owns a ranch near the south end of the wagon road bridge crossing Tualatin river a short distance from the town of Tualatin. She is the sis ter-ih-law of Joseph Galbreath, of Clpole, Or., who was probabiy the last person to see Mrs. "Jennings before she was' killed. Mrs. Galbreath said she saw a machine stop on the bridge about 9:20 Monday night. She told the officers she gave the Incident no thought until she had resiVjif-ttie murder mystery In the newspapers. Ristman left Portland with his lone passenger shortly after 8 o'clock and It is believed he would have reached the Tualatin bridge at about the time : it m , 4 'V. ' v y -w"t , " ' ' f 4 1 y 4 I,, llllrt I S Bennett Thompson, wlio is held in jail at Hillsboro. ays. when .the stranger e"np, JdJ he declares that he feels certain that j If the right man was produced he would recogntxe him instantly. When Thompson left the city jail this morning with Sheriff Reeves he 1 was apparently as calm and unper turbed as the policemen who etood around and watched his exit. "You've put those things on back ward, haven't you?" Thompson asked, speaking to Sheriff Reeves. Ths sher- ; iff had some late model Dandruffs, I and had placed the left cuff on Tuomp- j son's right wrjbt. The sheriff read- j justed them. ! Wants Square Seal Only. "As long as I get a square deal I ain't worrying at all," said Thompson to several detectives and policemen with whom he was acquainted, and who wished him. good luck. "Ben, if you did thin you ought to be hanged," said Detective P. J. Mo loney, who has known Thompson for 20 years. "If I did this I should say I had ought to be hanged," Thompson agreed. "I have a good alibi though, and when the time comes I'll show it." Thompson said he did not know of the Jennings murder until yesterday afternoon when he 'was going to the home of his mother ii. St. Johns. Head Account In The Journal. On the street car he read over the shoulder of another man details of the crime as published in The Journal. He borrowed the paper and read the ac count. Then he went to his mother's home, at 1091 Amherst street, to,6s sure her he was not guilty. She ad vised him, he said, to give himself up to the police, and he was standing on the corner, waiting for the street car to go to police headquarters when the po lice swooped down on him. The detectives located Thompson through a woman with whom he is said to have been living on Forty-second avenue, In Lents, she told them early in the afternoon that he had been at her house at noon, and told her he was go ing to his mother s home. The detec tives at once hastened to St. Johns. Thompson said he had known Mrs. Jennings, and that she wanted him io work for her. He was at her residence as late as last week, he eald, but had not seen her nor heard from her since that time. He hud been employed at the Western Cooperage Co., but last Thursday injured his thumb, received compensation for the injury, and quit the Job, he said. His statement was home out l.v the faet ithat his thumb' was attii very sore from the bruising it had received. Attorney says He Has Alibi. "An I can say now is that there will be an: alibi, and it will be armor proof," said Attorney Roscoe Uurst, who was instrumental in securing Thompson's release from the penitentiary', and who has been his friend and adviser ever fcince. "I cannot say now what that alibi will be. J talked with Thompson at the Jail last night, and we decided to say nothing about our proof of his in nocence until it is necessary. Thomp son told me, however, that he can show his every movement from Monday noon down to the present time by most re liable witnesses." ' Huirst went to Hillsboro to confer at greater length with Thompson today. Hurst expressed, the greatest confi dence In Thompson's Innocence. "While Thompson was a criminal, he is not the man who would commit that kind of a crime," said the attorney. "The killing of Mrs. Jennings-wag the work of a brute, a degenerate." SUtman Had Election Cards. It was brought out today that Rist man also had some of SherHf Hurl burt's campaign cards and that a simi lar card had been given Thompson by Deputy Sheriff Ward. A card spat tered with blood was found along with Ristman s hat, sleeve and lap robe. Last night Thompson gave Detective Snow a crumpled card of Sheriff Hurl burt, saying: "Keep this card. It's the one Ward gave me." Deputy Sheriff Beckman said today that Ristman had some of the sheriff's campaign cards and that there was no way to identify the bloody card as one of those formerly In Ristman's pos session, or in the possession of Rist man'sone passenger on the night of the murder. ' No conclusions have yet been reached as to the motives for the hom icide. The robbery theory Is some what shaken by the finding of two diamond rings and a gold watch in the Jennings home yesterday by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson of Salem, sister of the murdered woman. Joseph Galbreath, who had seen Mrs. Jennings as late as 7 o'clock on Mon- i day night.' said that' Thompson was at . the Jennings home last Thursday. Us 'said he had seen him on the front j porch. This coincides with Thomp j son's story that he was at. the place about a week ago. j Galbreath had been assisting Mrs. I Jennings in the work on the farm and stated, before the coroner's Jury yes terday that he had seen the splitting sledge which had been used by the murderer in the basement of the Jen nings home Monday. , Funeral services for Mrs. Jennings are being held from the residence this afternoon and interment Is to be in the Wr)nona cemetery at Tualatin. THOMPSON LOCKED UP IN JAIL AT HILLSBORO; CHARGE TO BE MADE Hillsboro, Or., May IS. Bennett Thompson was brought to Hillsboro 'by Sheriff Reeves this morning and locked up in the Washington county jail. An -Information charging murder will be sworn, to today and ha will be held to the grand jury. The sheriff also brought the sledge with which the murder wes committed, the blood-stained lap robe, torn shirt sleeve and Panama hat supposed to belong to Ristman. The sheriff says the sledge was taken from the basement of the Jen nings house and was not carried there by the murderer. Umatilla Democrats To HaveFull Ticket County Central Committee Beads Out meanest for Voters to Writs la Names on the Frtmary .Ballot. Pendleton, Or., May 18. Though the Democrats of Umatilla county have not a full ticket in the field for the primaries,' indications are that they will have a full ticket in November as a result of a request sent out by the centrai committee to write in nan on the primary ballot. ' A slate has been prepared by t committee and Democrats are asked follow it. It. suggests J. N, Scott Athena for Joint representative. ". R Raley of Pendleton and W. T Keev. of Stanfield for representatives, W. Howard of Stanfield for school supe intendent, F. B. Hayes of Pendlen for surveyor and George D. Feebler Pendleton for coroner. There are a ready Democratic aspirants for OlO of the other offices. ' j Denver Mayor Names "Cablnet."( Denver. Colo.. May 18. (U.:P,) Robert Speer was sworn in as tnayc of Denver at noon yesterday with' ceremonies. lit Immediately' nam three of the five members of the eon mlssioners who ruled the city undt commission form of government b members of his "cabinet.' The "cai lnet" will be made up of both Reput llcans and Democrats. ,(' I r. When Tltln or calling on adrertUeri iilej mention The Juurnsl. 4Ad.l i Mrs. Galbreath said she saw the machine. "When I read about the murder in the papers, 1 recalled seeing a machine on the bridge." said .Mrs. GalbTeuth; 'f wasn't sure that it was on Monday night, however, until I had talked it over with Mrs. Baker, who lives at mv house. 1 was in Portland Tuesday, and being in court on that day and yester day, had no opportunity until this morning to tell what I saw. Saw Machine From Window. "I was near the window on the north side of the house when 1 saw the lights' of a machine cross the river at the In tersection of the old Boone's Kerry road and the new road, it appeared to me as though the driver was undecided which rond to take, as the machine slowed down and seemed to stop for a few seconds. "Then Jt came on dotyj the slight grade and onto the bridge. There is an electric light In the middle of tha bridge. The machine had just passed this light when it came to a stop. 1 couldn't see what took place, as the view was obscured by some trees in the yard. i. "A few seconds later the, machine started again and came up the road. I saw it distinctly as it passed the house. It was a small car and the man driving it was dressed in brown clothes or had on a brown or tan col ored rain coat. "I noticed some stuff In the back of the car but thought at the time that It was some farmer who had some grain' sacks or burlap In the back of the machine and wes on his way home. I am sure that it was 8:25 o'clock, as I set my watch a few minutes later and that was the time." aiver Will Be T ragged. The officers believe that if it was the murderer Mrs. Galbreath saw, the objects which she mistook for sacks were the lap robe and the tan colored foot mat. A search is still being nlade for Rlstman's body and if not found soon the river is to be dragged near the bridge. Sheriff Reeves announced to day that he plans to have the river dragged. Searching for the body yesterday searchers came across a deep well on the old Gore farm about 300 feet from the Jennings home. Ropes with hooks attached were used, but the body was not found, nor was there any indica tion that the body had been thrown into the well. Thompson Admits Identity. Thompson was arretted near the home of his father, Ben Thompson of 1091 Amherst street, St. Johns. He was standing on the sidewalk when Detectives loltz. Howell, Snow and Coleman came up. He readily admitted his identity. He did not appear per turbed when taken to Jail. There Don Dumas, the chauffeur whose car the murderer first sought to hire, looked him over, but could not identify him as Rlstman's passenger. Later, Laben Wellman,an Jron worker of 6 7 Kast Eighteenth street north, a friend of Ristman. refused to say that Thompson was the man who hired Ristman on Monday nisrht. Laben was talking to Ristman, he Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. GROUND GRIPPEH WALKING SHOE RECIPE TO DARKEN YOUR GRAY HAIR Not a Trace of Gray Shows After Applying to Hair and Scalp. No Dye Harmless. Apply like a shampoo to your hair and scalp Hay's Hair Health. Do this every day for a week, then three times a week. Tn a short time all your gray, faded, prematurely gray or gray-streaked hair turns an even, beautiful dark shade, with not even a trace of gray showing. Hay's Jiair Health makes scalp and hair healthy, leaving all your hair fluffy, sof t, thick, clean, free from dandruff and beauti fully dark and lustrous. Is not a dye Is harmless. Ask for Hay's Hair Health Hair Color Reste er. It is ready to use, needs no mix ing. Only BOc or 11.00 a bottle at Skid more Drug Company's Store. Port land. Or. Out-of-town folks supplied bv mall. (Adv.) WHAT WOULD YOU DO-- If you were on the verge of a nervous breakdawn because your feet would not allow you a mo ment's peace? A WOMA&. in such a condition, bought a pair of oROxnrs gbifpes SHOES in March. The shoes put her feet in condition the first week and she hasn't suffered a particle since. WEAR GROUND GR1PPER SHOES because they are the most comfortable shoes you can put on your feet and will correct all your foot ailments. Step in and learn why. Ground GrippOShoe Shop sou: AOEWTS. 381 V2 Washington St: Imitated bnt never duplicated. Special Friday and Saturday Only Silk Poplin Dresses $45 Worth $15.00 J 7 Pretty new. styles in one-piece dresses. The waists have white hemstitched collars, a little lace soften ing the neck, and are trimmed with self-covered buttons. The skirts have cascade drapes at the hips. They come in a fine grade of silk poplin blue, black, green and brown. Come in early for the number is limited. Outing Skirts At All Prices Plain white cotton gabar dine, striped novelties, checks, etc. Newest mate rials and styles. A Wonderful Line of Silk Sweaters Just In The prettiest styles we have shown this season, in new, bright colors, combi nations, stripe and check effects. All are priced most reasonably. Sale of Spring Millinery $3.45 Many new large sailor effects, smaller shapes, ribbon trimmed, semi-large trimmed with fruit or flowers," etc. Some are worth 6.50 none under $5.00. Special price for Friday and Saturday only.' Middy Blouses The cleverest styles we have ever seen. Coat effects with striped belts, collars, cuffs and pock ets; plain white with green, blue, red or striped collars, etc. You will surely want several for sport wear. A Charge Account Your Privilege Washington St. at Tenth Gear hart Seaside For Week End Rest Clatsop Beach Is Best Ocean Air Gives Zest CLATSOP BEACH Week-End Limited 2P M Every I If ! Saturday Saturday Evening Express. . . . 6:tS p. m. Dally to Astoria and Clatsop Beach 8:10 a. m. Week End Round Trip $3. Season $4 OBSERVATION PAEOR CARS CITY TICKET OFFICE Sth and Stark Sts. Bwdy 920, A-6671. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CHANGE IN SCHEDULES OF PASSENGER TRAINS Effective May 14th Trains 1 and 2. THE OKD5BTAI. TiTMITliP. on fl&me schedule as heretofore. Trains 3 and 4. OUCIXB PAJtK XiWITES, now leaves Seattle daily 9:15 A. M. Connecting trains leave Portland 12:30. midnight, via Seat tle; 9:55 A. M. via North Bank Road. Trains 43 and 44. SOUTHEAST ZZPXXS8, now leaves Seattle daily 10:30 P. M. Connecting trains leave Portland 10:00 A. M.. via Seattle; 7:10 P. M.. via North Bank Road. No change in Coast Line Service. Three trains daily to Tacoma. Seat tle.! Everett. Belllnaham, Vancouver, B. C. and intermediate points. 110:00 A. M.. 6:00 P. M.. 11:30 mid nisht. All trains from 1TOBTK BAJTK BTATIOH, Tenth and Hoyt. Tickets, parlor and sleeping car reservations at City Ticket Office, 34 Washington street, and at Depot. H. BXCXSOV. O. P. T. A, Telephones Marshall 3071, A-2286. i i Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. Saturday at 9 A. M. Pacific Phont : Marshall 6080 The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. Saturday : at 6 P. M. Home Phone i A-aiia Unmatchable Bargains for Bargain Friday Shoppers! 50c Character Dolls 39c 300 Large Character Dolls in the jointed shoulder altd hip 18-inch Boy and Girl Dolls dressed with dress or romper 50c kind, FRIDAY ONLY AT. '39c Extra! Special for Friday! Silk Remnants All Colors n . All Lengths All Weaves at YTlCt AU Widths All Kinds l& All Qualities One-Half Remnant Prices Hasten to This Sale You have choice from an enormous assortment our entire stock of remnants, short lengths and ock' bolts of Silks, both plain shades and novel ties, in ali colors, all weaves, all weights and lengths from 1 to 6 yards while the lots lasts, Bargain Friday, at V2 $1.25 Washable Rugs 95c 24 by 48-in. Washable Rugs for bathroom or bedroom they come' in desirable colorings , in tan, grey, green, blue, etc.; SI. 25 grade, for FRIDAY ONLY AT aOLr Extra! Special for Friday! Sale of White Plisse Crepe For Waists, Underwear and Dresses 17cYd. Conies in a Perfect Weave and 36 In. Wide ' Best 25c Grade Six Yards for One Dollar An opportune ;sale of White Plisse Crepe a popular material for Summer underwear, waists and dresses. Comes lull 36 inches wide and in a perfect weave. A quality sold regularly at 5c j a yard, priced for Bargain Friday at JL C Extra! Special for Friday! A Great Sale Wash Goods Novelty and Crepe Voiles in 36 & 40-In. Widths 9cYd. Flower, Fig ure, Dot and Stripe Style Best 18c Grade ; 3000 yards of Wash Goods in this sale at half price Novelty and Crepe Voile, in dainty col orings in flower, figure, stripe and dot styles, and in 36 and 40-inch widths. Qualities regu larly sold at 18c a yard, specially priced Q for Bargainl Friday at JC Extra! Special for Friday! An Extraordinary Purchase and Sale of 1000 Dozen 9-oz. Tumblers at 29c Bozo The Kind Regularly Sold at 50c Optic finish Tumblers suitable for drink ing or jelly glasses same size as illus tration they are the kind regularly sold at 50c a dozen a limit of 5 dozen to each customer none delivered ex cept with other goods the price for one day onlyBargain f-nday Vtl- -will be, dozen. See Our Window Display Extra! Special for Friday! Stamped Pillow Slips 36 by 42 Inches Also Dainty Day Slips 33cPr. Many Pretty Designs to Select From Regularly Sold at 65c Pair Idle Hour Needlework at a Low Price A sale of Stamped Pillow Slips of fine quality tubing. They come 36 by 42 inches. Also a special lot of Day Slips many pretty designs n c1rt- fmm Th Irinrl ntril1arlv arJr Aft - -e j " j j . . . . to select from at 65c a pair Bargain Friday at Extra! Special for Friday! Sale R. & G. Corsets 75c Pr. Fashionable Models for All Figures Fancy Bro ades, Batistes and Coutils Lines Selling Regularly to $1.50 Every Corset Guaranteed, Although You Pay a Lowered Price The skillful designing of the R. & G. Corsets insures-perfect wear and satisfaction. They come with rustless boning and in fine, fancy brocades, batistes andoutils. All sizes in up-to-date models, in lines regularly up to $1.50 on sale Friday at. 1,8c Cretonne at 10c 25 Pieces of Fancy Cretonne in 27 and -36-inch widths Ibey com in pretty pat terns for comfort cov erings i drapery ' or box covering - ISc and 18c grades, for FRIDAY ONLY AT ..... UOc EXTRA! Special for Friday t Fashionably Tailored Suits In Navy Serges wst Both Plain Gray, Tan 11 i L and Novelty and Checked ll II 11 Models in Materials at. . T AV All Sires Regular Values to $25.00 Just in By Express A special purchase of women's fashionably tailored Suits, in plain and novelty models, all sizes, in navy serges , also in gray, tan and checked materials. Seasonable weight Suits, perfect in fit, quality of materials and workmanship. Regular values to $25.00, on 75o Gowns at 55c MEN'S Fine Muslin. Night Gowns, made ' full sise in length and width styles in the : V-shape neck or with n d i.. tk grade, FRIDAY ONLY AT, . 55c Portland Rose Festival, I June 7, 8, 9 $15.00 sale Bargain.Friday at. .. I